£10 Christmas Bonus

I remember collecting this £10 for my grandmother in the mid-late seventies. It had a separate slip in her pension book. The bonus had been going since 1974, I think, and already people were saying it wasn't enough.

I was on means-tested benefits and DLA for many, many years. I scarcely noticed the extra tenner. Now I'm on contribution-based ESA and PIP only and still don't miss the DWP Christmas present.

It's never going to go up to what many people think it ought to be.

I wonder whether the Christmas tenner makes a real difference to many people now and whether it could save a tidy sum if withdrawn.

Apparently, it was 1972! It was £10 less than two years after decimalisation.

Somebody suggested £180 if it had been kept in line with inflation. Obviously, it will never be updated.

Personally, I think the £10 is a joke, embarrassing and should be stopped. Put back in the money pot for something more important.

Point taken!

Fair sum but a drop in the ocean in the grand scheme of things. You had a good idea - Charities!

Why are some people so ungrateful, baffles me. And even wanting it stopped..£10 will go a long way on super markets own brands.